Women Empowerment Movies

Simbiso, a determined 17-year-old girl from a rural village, carries the weight of raising her younger siblings after losing their parents. When she...

Laura lives in fear in a small town. Her ex partner, Hernán, was violent with her and now he's about to return to town. Laura must find a...

A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.

Jane is on the hunt for a rockin' one-night stand before an impending arrival.

During a prison interview, a female killer confronts a morbid journalist, revealing the twisted genesis of her hatred for men.

Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity, fighting spirit and the power of singing against...

A cat's birth in a Bologna cinema brings together two women whose conflicting dreams of escape and return prove surprisingly alike.

“We are the stories we tell ourselves.” Seeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series about directors, leaders… who...

While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends Ngoc, a club waitress who has just moved in as a tenant in their family home....

'Panga' follows the triumphs and struggle of a national level Kabbadi player from India who receives the love and support from her family to help...

A bold anthology feature film made by an all-female creative team and cast. Based on the popular play of the same name the 80-minute movie follows 10...

It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluorescent colors, peroxide hair and radical male egos. "Girls Can't Surf"...

Imagine loving someone your whole life and when they’re gone, you’re not allowed to say goodbye. This tender short follows a young girl...

Béatrice Dalle, Lio, Brigitte Fontaine, Corinne Masiero, Aïssa Maïga, Virginie Despentes, Maria Schneider, Gisèle Halimi,...

4 amazing women take us behind the scenes of the mostly male dominated world of professional wrestling.

In a small town of 1960's India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.

After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss.  An unexpected visitor sparks...

Sisters of Wrestling paints an intimate portrait of Azaelle, LuFisto and Loue O'Farrell, three ring warriors for whom wrestling is both a passionate...